mi caan sleep

oh

oh

oh

oh

well

oh yes

this is a serious time

violence and crime

and a peer gun thing

di youths dem have 'pon dem mind

oh

oh

dem buss it when rain a fall

yuh nuh see seh dem nuh care dem ya youth ya

buss it all when sun a shine

oh

oh

yuh no see

you no see a bare juvenile

a lock up di big guns outta street

oh

weh dem get it from

nobody know

dem fadda was a killah

well a see tun and grow

oh

oh

and now mi cyaan sleep

no matter how mi try fi dweet

mi cyaan sleep

a peer gunshot a beat

mi cyaan sleep

no matter how mi try fi dweet

mi cyaan sleep

a peer blood inna di street

dem nuh youth ya a no play

every single day

dem have it 'pon dem ways

and if yuh talk to other

and dem shoot out your face

tell me what a gwaan

mi a beg unnu keep it calm

cah you nuh a real and kick up and a gwaan

it's like a gun stop

mi cyaan sleep

no matter how mi try fi dweet

mi cyaan sleep

a peer gunshot a beat

mi cyaan sleep

no matter how mi try fi dweet

mi cyaan sleep

a peer blood inna di street

bring back jamaica

inna di time when everything was fine

'cause all the tries some a try fi show love

it seems like the rest a dem blind

all rude bwoy to must a gun

put dung di glock and di nine

'cause you no kill mista as grown

and turn the whole place inna ghost town

and now mi cyaan sleep

no matter how mi try fi dweet

mi cyaan sleep

a peer gunshot a beat

mi cyaan sleep

no matter how mi try fi dweet

mi cyaan sleep

a peer blood inna di street

cah this a serious time

violence and crime

and a peer gun thing

di youths dem have 'pon dem mind

oh

dem buss it when rain a fall

yuh nuh see seh dem nuh care dem ya youth ya

buss it all when sun a shine

oh

oh

and now mi cyaan sleep

no matter how mi try fi dweet

mi cyaan sleep

a peer gunshot a beat

mi cyaan sleep

no matter how mi try fi dweet

mi cyaan sleep

a peer blood inna di street

cyaan sleep

no matter how mi try fi dweet

mi cyaan sleep.